Hamid Rahmanian (Persian: حمید رحمانیان; born 1968)[1] is an Iranian-born American multi-disciplinary artist who has worked mostly in cinema, illustration, and shadow theater.

As a storyteller, his works have focused on people and issues that are rarely covered in the mainstream media, offering audiences new perspectives and intimate glimpses into otherwise little-known worlds.

Rahmanian's films have consistently sought to combat negative stereotypes about Iranians, to promote anti-capital punishment laws in the US, and to raise funds and awareness for the plights of disadvantaged women and girls around the world.

In 2003, Rahmanian co-founded and was President (2004–2007) ArteEast, a leading New York-based nonprofit organization dedicated to engaging a growing global audience with the contemporary arts of the Middle East and North Africa.

In 2016, Rahmanian created, designed, and directed the stage production of Feathers of Fire, an adaption of the Persian love story of Zaul and Rudabeh from the Shahnameh.

That same year, he was commissioned by the Onassis Foundation to write and direct a shadow play based on the Greek tragedy of Antigone, called Mina's Dream.

After three days in October 2023 of the “Song of the North” shadow theater performances were held in San Francisco, featuring a cast of nine actors in headgear, whose silhouettes are projected onto a large screen.

[24] A U-haul truck full of the show supplies and props (including some five hundred handmade puppets and many costumes) was stolen from the Marina District Comfort Inn parking lot.

[24][25] The San Francisco Police Department was able to recover the van and the theater supplies the next day with the help from a bystander; however many of the handmade items were damaged and the projection gear was stolen, leaving the tour in flux.